AI Technologies Development and their Impact on Human Rights

Abstract

The steady increase in research and development in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has considerable potential to bring about large-scale changes in the ways human behavior and everyday activities are influenced. The author established that, alongside the positive impact of AI technologies, that significantly facilitate the resolution of a wide range of scientific and practical tasks across all fundamental sectors and thereby contribute to the intensive socioeconomic development of states, both the number and the severity of risks associated with the use of such technologies are increasing, posing a genuine threat to individuals and society as a whole. The study employed a doctrinal legal research methodology, specifically the identification and analysis of legal norms, legal principles, and legal doctrines in order to address legal issues relating to the regulation of AI. The principal sources of the study consisted of information derived from statutory and regulatory legal acts, scholarly publications, and other relevant materials. The findings of the study primarily demonstrate that virtually every computer-based development (software product) has, in most cases, a positive effect on the resolution of pressing scientific and applied problems. However, it is almost impossible to avoid the adverse impacts that constitute side effects and inherent characteristics of computer technologies, particularly AI. Currently, artificial technological intelligence exerts a significant positive influence within the information sphere. Nevertheless, the technology under consideration also frequently produces negative effects, which may not always become apparent immediately. This is of particular importance for ensuring that AI is used, for example, in facial recognition systems, in accordance with clearly defined statutory rules. The use of AI technologies must comply with international and national human rights protection principles in order to maintain an appropriate balance between technological innovation and the protection of human rights, which is especially significant under contemporary conditions of hybrid warfare conducted primarily within the information domain. In this regard, there is an objective need for a more detailed examination of the theoretical and practical issues surrounding the emergence and subsequent development of the legal framework governing AI, with a view to formulating proposals for its modernization in light of current realities and security requirements, including cybersecurity.